BAH Rate Desk2026
Rates effective
01 JAN 2026 · CONUS

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Duty station or MHA
    Try Fort Liberty, Cavazos, Moore or a ZIP — old and unofficial names resolve.
    Or type your rank
    Enlisted
    E-1E-2E-3E-4E-5E-6E-7E-8E-9
    Warrant
    W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
    Prior enl.
    O-1EO-2EO-3E
    Officer
    O-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7
    Dependents
    WithWithout

    E-4 without dependents at County Cost Group 840 draws $1,701 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 840
    E-4 · without dependents
    $1,701/ month
    $20,412 / year
    At E-4, this is #120 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA ZZ840 · ZIPs 23002 23005 23009 23011 23014 23015 +189 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,181 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,166 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 840 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,166$1,701
    E-2$2,166$1,701
    E-3$2,166$1,701
    E-4$2,166$1,701
    E-5$2,322$1,896
    E-6$2,655$2,022
    E-7$2,745$2,169
    E-8$2,844$2,394
    E-9$2,997$2,487
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,673$2,124
    W-2$2,787$2,391
    W-3$2,910$2,499
    W-4$3,030$2,670
    W-5$3,180$2,766
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,760$2,319
    O-2E$2,889$2,463
    O-3E$3,051$2,646
    Officer
    O-1$2,367$2,007
    O-2$2,652$2,274
    O-3$2,907$2,532
    O-4$3,225$2,745
    O-5$3,459$2,796
    O-6$3,486$2,886
    O-7$3,510$2,937
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 840 · E-4 · $1,701/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$174+$2,088/yr · like +$2,677 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-4 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Panama City$1,713
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$1,707
    Norfolk$1,707
    Oxford$1,704
    County Cost Group 840$1,701
    Eugene$1,701
    St. Louis$1,701
    Reno$1,698
    Fort Carson$1,689
    Fort Chaffee$879

    County Cost Group 840 is #120 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8400 – $2,937 / month
    E-1$1,701
    E-2$1,701
    E-3$1,701
    E-4$1,701
    E-5$1,896
    E-6$2,022
    E-7$2,169
    E-8$2,394
    E-9$2,487
    W-1$2,124
    W-2$2,391
    W-3$2,499
    W-4$2,670
    W-5$2,766
    O-1E$2,319
    O-2E$2,463
    O-3E$2,646
    O-1$2,007
    O-2$2,274
    O-3$2,532
    O-4$2,745
    O-5$2,796
    O-6$2,886
    O-7$2,937

    Promoting to E-5 here adds $195 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from County Cost Group 840 to New York City at E-4 is worth $3,132 a month — about 16 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $195 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 27% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $1,701 a month of BAH takes more than $1,701 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    Things the rate table doesn't tell you

    01

    “With dependents” is a dependency status, not a marital status. A single member paying child support can be authorized BAH-Diff; a married dual-military couple with no children is not automatically the with-dependents rate for both. If your situation is unusual, your finance office decides — not this table.

    02

    O-8, O-9 and O-10 draw the same BAH as O-7. The table stops there for a reason, not because it is missing rows.

    03

    This is CONUS BAH only. Overseas is OHA, which works differently — it reimburses actual rent up to a cap, with separate utility and move-in allowances. Alaska and Hawaii are BAH; Germany, Japan and Korea are OHA.